A voice from the dead
In the 1990s they were doing some restoration work on the church in Woodford, and they found a pickle jar in the roof. The pickle jar contained a message from the Reverend Christopher Smyth, who was rector the last time the church was restored in the 1860s. This record has been deposited with the hope and conviction that it may be of interest to those who shall in ages perhaps come to repair the roof of the chancel. It may…